Alesi Rita
Monash IVF, Victoria.
Aust Fam Physician. 2005 Mar;34(3):135-8.
Receiving a diagnosis of infertility is a significant life crisis, and subsequent in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment presents a physical and psychological challenge for many patients.
This article aims to provide the health professional with an insight into the psychological stressors associated with the experience of infertility, and provide strategies for providing support during this difficult journey.
Feelings of grief and loss are very common as couples come to terms with the fact that they are not able to conceive naturally. Different emotional coping styles between men and women may add to what is an already stressful time. The grieving process in IVF is often stagnated and chronic, and acceptance and resolution is not psychologically possible until closure is achieved, either by becoming pregnant and giving birth, or ending infertility treatment and ceasing trying to conceive.
被诊断为不孕症是一场重大的生活危机，随后的体外受精（IVF）治疗对许多患者来说是一项生理和心理挑战。
本文旨在让健康专业人员深入了解与不孕症经历相关的心理压力源，并提供在这一艰难过程中提供支持的策略。
随着夫妻逐渐接受无法自然受孕这一事实，悲伤和失落感非常普遍。男性和女性不同的情绪应对方式可能会让这段本就压力重重的时期雪上加霜。体外受精过程中的悲伤过程往往停滞不前且持续时间长，在通过怀孕和分娩或结束不孕症治疗并停止尝试受孕实现结局之前，心理上无法实现接受和释怀。
